Signal-Copiahan. (Hazlehurst, Copiah County, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1887-11-03

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iiendish shouts they seemed to her.
/ When hear enough to make her voice
heard itrang out in loud. sharp tones
Of ontrcaty aud command:
"Wait!wait! wait!"
Tho moving forms stood still. Two
or three Of thom came toward her.
Again she shouted:
"Wait! waltz
A moment later she stood in their
midst, gasping for breath, white and
terrified.
ut is t. she said; miss Mill.
cent" -
YES" said one of the men, gravely,
"but what do you want here? This IL
no place for woman.
! Her answer was:
where Is hc-that manp"
"What manp" said one of the mcr
cvasivoly.
"The man whose life you were going
4 to take here 10 -night?" o
A groan from the edge of the pine.
came in reply. to her ears. She ran
toward The spot from whence the sount
came, the mon seeking to detain her.
Among q little group of mon there
stood one. trembling and CHASTITY, q
rope already around his neck and the
other end of 1t thrown cover the
1 branches Of tree. The man wa:
moaning and protesting pitifully. "
Going close to him she said in {
chokcd and fearful voice:
Let him CO."
There was amurmur of disapprova
and refusal among the men:
"Come, come, Miss Millicent. this II
no place for you.' said ono of the men
Let me help you back to tho camp.
NO." she said, going close 70 the
trembling culprit and laying her hand
on his arm. He graspcd her hand ant
said hoarscly: -
Save me. woman, whoever you arc,
save me II you cam" -
| She took u lantern from tho ground
and held it up to her white face. Sht
threw the shawl back from her head
and said: .. ,,
"Don't you know me, Silas?"
H. lifted his bowed head quickly,
gave one glance at herfrce and covered
his own guilty face with his hands cry
ling out: ~t-'-
"Nlilly! Milliccnt!" a..
The men looked on in amazemcnt
nm angry murmur of disapproval wa:
heard when tho man spoke Miss Mil.
licent's name in tones that seemed ell.
clearing. Xxx.
| She turned toward them and said
slowly and distinctly with painful Of.
fort: A sa,e.
[ .Lcy him 60 lie ia my husband!'
There was dead silence for mo.
nient. Then tho leader of the mob
stepped softly out into tho moonlight
and 81 arted in silence down the gulch
In the direction of the Little Christa.
bel
One by one the men followed him in
silence. In ten minutes Millicent was
alone with her husband He turned
toward her and said in q choked and
broken voice: . ..4
"Millicent. .,.....
"Well, Silas."
She held out one hand toward him.
He graspcd 1t in both his own and fell
on his knees before her, with her
trembling hand held to his lips.
An hour later they came forth from
the shadows of tho forest and walked
down the trail in tho moonlight, and
were seen no more in Fairplay Gulch.
The outgoing stage took up n man
and woman passenger next day ten
miles from Hanging Rock.
They was mighty sober passen'
gers" sail the stage driver afterward.
.Both on 'em looked rs if they'd cried
all night. and they hadn't much to
say; but they seemed nightly tux up
with each other He called her 'Milly.
an she called him 'Silas.' / think they
was bound for Denver, and expected
10 60 farther on west from there.
They were heard of no more at the
Little Christabcl, but years afterward
Harley Vance, while travelling in Call
ifornia, came across pretty little
house hidden away on n ranch in n
most beautiful mountain valley. The
occu PANTS were man and a woman he
had heard of rs models of industry and
excellence.
81 never opened my head about il
to them or to any body" he said af-
terward. "but that woman was our
Milly and that husband of hers we all
thought too worthless to live. II
wasn't my place to tell any body what
/ knew about them. / knew her to be
rs good and honest n woman as ever
lived, and II she'd made man out OF
that scamp of q husband OF hers, why,
I'm glad Of it"
To which we can all say, Amen